Shloka 9

Kurukṣetra–Sarasvatī Tīrtha-Māhātmya

Pilgrimage Merits and Sacred Geography

Devanagari script

त्वयि तुष्टे महाभाग सर्वलोकाभिपूजिते । कृतमित्येव मन्ये5हं प्रसादात्‌ तव सुव्रत,“महाभाग! उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले सहर्षे! सम्पूर्ण विश्वके द्वारा पूजित आप महात्माके संतुष्ट होनेपर मैं ऐसा समझता हूँ कि आपकी कृपासे मेरा सब कार्य पूरा हो गया

Transliteration

tvayi tuṣṭe mahābhāga sarvalokābhipūjite | kṛtam ity eva manye 'haṃ prasādāt tava suvrata ||

Translation

「大いなる御方、万界に崇敬される御方よ。あなたが満足されるなら、我が目的はすでに成就したも同然です。あなたのご加護により、すぐれた誓戒を堅く守る御方よ、我が企ては満ち足りました。」

Word by Word

• {'tvayi': 'in you

• with regard to you (locative of tvam)', 'tuṣṭe': 'being pleased

• satisfied (locative absolute/locative participle of √tuṣ)', 'mahābhāga': 'great-souled

• noble one (vocative)', 'sarvaloka': 'all worlds

• all people', 'abhipūjite': 'honored, worshipped, highly revered (locative of abhipūjita)', 'kṛtam': 'done

• fulfilled', 'iti eva': 'thus indeed

• just so', 'manye': 'I think

• I consider (1st sg. of √man)', 'aham': 'I', 'prasādāt': 'from grace

• by benevolence (ablative of prasāda)', 'tava': 'your', 'suvrata': 'one of good vows

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana (speaker, implied by 'uvāca')
• mahābhāga (addressed person, unspecified in this verse)
• sarvaloka (all worlds/people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and devotional idea that the favor (prasāda) of a revered, virtuous person is itself the completion of one’s aim—success is grounded in humility, reverence, and the blessing of the righteous rather than mere personal effort.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses an exalted, widely revered figure, saying that once this person is pleased, he considers his task accomplished, attributing fulfillment to the other’s gracious favor.